Claude C Lanphere
MilitaryAssigned to 706BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Blainville, France in B-24 41-29543 27-Apr-44; flak damaged and 2 engines out, A/C exploded before he could exit. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-804689
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Arkansas, USA | 6 January 1941 | |
Died |
Palm Bay, Cliftonville | 27 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Blainville, France in B-24 41-29543 27-Apr-44; flak damaged and 2 engines out, A/C exploded before he could exit. KIA |
Buried |
28 April 1944 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot A Row 2 Grave 23 | |
Born |
Arkansas, USA | ||
Based |
Bungay | 27 April 1944 | Assigned to 706BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.446bg.com/; The History of the 446th Bomb Group, pg 91